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Role: Legal Counsel *LI-MB1
Location: Dublin, (Milan) Italy, (Barcelona) Spain 

ICON plc, a leading CRO employing 12,000+ people across 89 offices in 37 countries, seeks a highly motivated, commercial legal associate/paralegal to join the Legal Department at its Leopardstown Global HQ. ICON’s mission is to help its clients to accelerate the developments of drugs and devices that save lives and improve the quality of life. 

This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and hardworking lawyer to join a large, experienced in-house legal department supporting the negotiation and execution of global contracts. 

Do you thrive in a fast paced, process driven environment? Are you someone with experience supporting an in-house contracts legal team? Do you have excellent attention to detail? If this sounds like you, please apply. ICON is able to offer the successful candidate an opportunity to work for an Irish plc in a global environment where you will get the exposure to broaden your current experience. 

The Role
The successful applicant will form part of a dynamic legal team working with key business stakeholders (in particular ICONs Clinical Operations, Study Start Up, Commercialisation and Outcomes (ICO) and supporting ICONs global business, legal and administrative needs in the area of clinical study contracts.

Role responsibilities include: 
  1. Lead the legal response for the Study Start Up Legal team on a large volumes of commercial contracts (CDA’s, clinical study agreements, service agreements).
  2. Application of fall-back and sponsor principles in negotiation of these type of commercial contracts. Providing advice and guidance on wide range of legal matters.
  3. Manage the legal response on investigator contract negotiations, client instructions, resolving disputes and providing guidance on a range of issues across the different regions in a diverse range of subjects.
  4. Maintaining database of client instructions and acting as liaison with client on legal matters.
  5. Consult with Project Managers, Start Up group Sponsor’s project leaders and other appropriate personnel on contract language and negotiations, special site requests outside of established parameters, and all other pertinent information toward the execution of contract-related documents for a given study.
  6. Assist with reviewing Investigator site Master Service Agreements or other MSAs as appropriate.
Experience & Knowledge Requirements:
  • Experienced lawyer with suitable and strong commercial contract negotiation and drafting experience working in-house or for a law firm. Proven experience in contract negotiations preferably in the Pharmaceutical/CRO/Biotech industry. Large law firm experience, a plus.
  • Additional foreign language would be advantageous particularly Spanish, Italian or French.
  • Overseas, multinational experience – a plus.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Self-starter, who can work independently and make sound decisions when under pressure.
  • Ability to manage a high volume of work.
  • Solutions focused with a strong work ethic. 
  • Excellent communication (oral and written) and organization skills.  
  • Confident and able to negotiate with clients in the best interests of ICON.
Education Requirements:
  • Legal Qualification (Admitted to practice Law) with a minimum of  1-3 years post qualified experience preferably in a Pharmaceutical company’s legal department, CRO legal department, in-house legal department or law firm.
Benefits of Working in ICON:
ICON enjoys a strong reputation for quality and is focused on staff development.  We make it our mission to attract the most diverse and creative minds into the business and we continually strive to provide opportunities for our people to excel, grow and build a great career.  We understand that our greatest asset is the skills and talents of our people and they are truly what set us apart. 

Other than working with a great team of smart and energetic people, we also offer a very competitive benefits package.  This varies from country to country so a dedicated recruiter will discuss this with you at interview stage. We care about our people as they are the key to our success. We provide an open and friendly work environment where we empower people and provide them with opportunities to develop their long term career.  
  
ICON is an equal opportunity employer - M/F/D/V and committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment. See more at: http://careers.iconplc.com/job/legal-associate-jobid-042423_2#sthash.vKYT4fZW.dpuf
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